I'm not a big cosmetic queen. My younger cousin used to use cleansing products years ago that were called - and I kid you not -"Placenta Life." I guess this would have been back in high school. I told her plain old soap and water were good enough for me. (I don't have wrinkles, btw, but she has plenty of them - so I guess it didn't do her any good to buy that silly, disgusting stuff.)
I am positive that the label on the product she used claimed it was a bovine-based - but I was so grossed out by the concept of that as a cosmetic, that it has permanently affected how I buy cosmetics even today.
So I read the ingredients c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y and go for the higher-end, tree-hugging, hippie-granola, so-called cruelty-free cosmetics that are neither tested on animals nor that contain contain any animal (or human!) ingredients whatsoever. They are out there. They cost a little more, but I'm willing to pay.
Nothing would surprise me as a cosmetic ingredient, particularly from some overseas cosmetic companies. Some women are really desperate to stay young and will do absolutely silly things out of vanity.
As my mom always says, "Getting old sure beats the alternative."
Originally posted by byzanTN:
I want a little more proof than this. When I consider the volume of aborted babies against the volume of cosmetics sold, something doesn't add up. I don't doubt anyone's sincerity in posting this, but it does seem to resemble an urban legend.